For those that need their minds purged of the overabundance of commercial music this time of year, KLOF No. 37 counters with pagan vibes, electro-folk fusion and improvised sounds that briefly dabble with the festive and then throw you a left hook.
Listen to the latest Monday Morning Brew Playlist featuring Henry Thomas, The Black Twig Pickers, The Balfa Brothers, Jesse Fuller, Buell Kazee, Serious Sam Barrett, John Renbourn, Stone & Sue, Tim Eriksen, Joseph Decosimo, Glenn Jones, Memphis Jug Band, Anna & Elizabeth and more.
Everything The Memory Band do, however varied, is done to a high level. Their music is always interesting, often strange, and usually beautiful, and A Common Treasury is the perfect place to hear it.
Ross Ainslie provides a fascinating insight into the creation of his new album, Pool. Listen to the album and read his track-by-track guide, written exclusively for KLOF Mag.
Covering folk, jazz, experimental, avant-garde, field recordings and more, KLOF Mag’s editor takes us on an eclectic meander through their 2024 Albums of the Year.
Featuring four of America’s most potent musicians, all performing at the top of their game, Jeff Parker’s ‘The Way Out of Easy’ might just be the best jazz album of 2024. Another win for the ever-reliable Chicago label International Anthem.
Jack Cheshire traverses the ragged landscape of the mind and heart on Interloper. Thrown for a loop, battered against psychic rocks, his music is unruly and uncompromising in its journeys through the workings of the soul and the heart.
Enjoy some of our popular festive Mixtapes, including guest mixtapes from Michael Tanner, Stephen Cracknell (The Memory Band) and Nigel Spencer of Manchester’s Folk Police Recordings.
The true genius of Ross Ainslie’s ‘Pool’ lies in how it reconciles its stylistically varied individual tracks with an overall mood that remains consistent—and consistently engaging, something he pulls off with panache, originality, and an often breathtaking range of musical invention.
The ever-innovative and experimental sextet Bonfire Radicals returns with their five-track EP Flywheel, swirling musical colours and shapes recorded live in the round. Barkingly wonderful.
Listen to the latest Monday Morning Brew Playlist featuring Laura Jane Wilkie, Swimming Bell, Jake Xerxes Fussell, Emma Gatrill, Leyla McCalla, Itasca, Niamh Bury, Magic Tube String Band, Jim White & Marisa Anderson, The Decemberists, Rosali, and more.
Bob Fish shares his Top 10 albums of 2024, including releases from Amy Aileen Wood, Bonny Light Horseman, David Berkeley, Jake Xerxes Fussell, Lankum, Linda Thompson, Msaki x Tubatsi, Northern Resonance, Rezo, Sean R. McLaughlin & The Wind-Up Crows and a sneaky addition.
